After leaving the restaurant, Chen Shi lit up a cigarette out of habit . Lin Dongxue snatched it from his mouth and threw it into the trash can on the roadside . “You have a gross cigarette smell on your body . If you continue to smoke for a few years, you’ll really become a stinking uncle . You should quit it!”
Chen Shi forced a smile . “I only have this one hobby . ”
“What kind of hobby is smoking? Hobbies should be rewarding . I saw an article that smoking not only causes cancer, but also causes cardiovascular disease . It will take fifteen years for the body to return to normal after you quit smoking . If you quit smoking now, you’ll be a healthy old man by the age of fifty . ”
Chen Shi smiled bitterly . To be honest, it was a task easier said than done .
“Is there a reward if I quit successfully?”
Lin Dongxue thought for a while, gestured for him to get closer to her and spoke in his ear for a long time . Chen Shi said in disbelief, “Really?”
“Of course! As long as you quit successfully, I will do it for you . ”
“It’s a deal . ”
“Pinky promise . ”
After the two pinky promised, Chen Shi took out his cigarettes and lighter . Although he was reluctant, he still put them in the trash can .
From now on, they will be separated .
The two planned to go shopping, but Lin Dongxue received a text message . Lin Qiupu sent coordinates and said briefly, “There’s a murder case . ”
Lin Dongxue handed the phone to Chen Shi, and Chen Shi said, “Let’s go . ”
Chen Shi asked when he got in the car, “Can I smoke electronic cigarettes in the future?”
“No . ” Lin Dongxue said flatly .
At the scene of the murder case, it was the standard familiar scene . The police were taking pictures and controlling the area while several other policemen were questioning the neighbors outside . This was a three-bedroom and two-living room house . Looking at the interior design, the homeowner seemed to be financially well-off .
There was a mess in the living room that seemed to have seen a fierce fight . The body fell under the sink outside the toilet . It was a fat middle-aged man wearing a shirt and suit pants . He was laying by the sink with his mouth wide open . His lips were purple and his skin was pale . Chen Shi's first reaction was that this man was poisoned to death .
Chen Shi glanced at the clothing hanger and the victim’s casual suit jacket was hung on it . He speculated that the victim had just arrived home when he died .
Peng Sijue was examining the body . When he looked at the deceased's throat using a flashlight, he suddenly said, “Close the door . ”
The policeman at the door closed the door quickly, while Lin Qiupu, Chen Shi, and Lin Dongxue went over to his side . Peng Sijue glanced at Lin Dongxue . “Dongxue, do you want to avoid this? The image may be a little . . . ”
“Is it that the victim's dick was cut off and stuffed into his mouth?” Chen Shi asked . Lin Dongxue was shocked when she heard his words .
“Do you have to be so direct?!” Peng Sijue glared at him .
“There’s blood on the pants and the throat is bulging, as if stuffed . . . This is the best thing to cut off a men’s body since it doesn’t have tendons or cartilage . You can cut it off in one go and it’s very symbolic . ”
“Thank you for voicing out your valuable opinions . ”
Peng Sijue slowly pulled out the thing in his throat and upon seeing the item, Lin Dongxue frowned but she didn't avoid it . As a police officer, there was nothing she should avoid .
“Typical sexual revenge . The killer is most likely a woman and it’s likely that it’s a woman who has been sexually assaulted by the deceased . ” Chen Shi stood up and glanced at the sink . There was vomit, mixed with the smell of alcohol and drugs . “The deceased was poisoned . The messy traces in the living room were left after struggling from the effects of the poison . He ran here to trigger himself into vomiting, but it was too late . ”
“You're wrong . The deceased was stabbed to death . ” Peng Sijue unbuttoned the deceased's shirt and pointed to the center of his chest . “Look at the bleeding point . Help me turn the body over . ”
After turning over the body, they found that there were three stab wounds on the back of the body and most of the blood flowed into the stomach . The body was lying on its back just now, so Chen Shi didn't see it .
Chen Shi rubbed his temples awkwardly as Lin Qiupu laughed . “There are times when you aren’t right as well . ”
“I wasn’t an expert in autopsies to begin with and I’m quitting smoking at the moment . My brain power is a lot lower than usual . ”
“You’re actually quitting? How long have you quit for?”
“One hour!”
“How does that count as quitting?”
Peng Sijue interrupted, “About eight hours before, the killer should have poisoned the victim . While the victim struggled violently, attempting to vomit, and the killer stabbed him with a prick-like object from behind, causing his death . . . The organ was cut off and inserted into the throat after death . ”
“Eight hours?” Lin Dongxue looked at her watch . “That's about 1:00 in the afternoon . Who called the police?”
“A housekeeper at 4:00 in the afternoon . She has a set of keys . ” Lin Qiupu said, “I have already questioned them and I’m sure there’s no reason to suspect them . The deceased is over 50 years old named Zheng Guohao . He’s living alone and is the manager of a multinational food company . He’s actually retired internally long ago and basically in a leisurely state, but he still frequently goes out to meet with stakeholders . ” With that said, Lin Qiupu took out a note paper packed in an evidence bag . “This is the schedule found on the victim’s bedside table . He arranged for dinner with a supermarket supervisor at noon . This person should be the last one to have seen him . I have already contacted the other party . ”
At this time, the police outside shouted, “Captain Lin, Captain Lin, we caught a suspicious person! He's downstairs . ”
Lin Qiupu and Lin Dongxue immediately went downstairs . Chen Shi figured he’d let them handle that . He walked around the house to see if there were any clues . Although it was really messy in the living room, there were only a few places worth noting . The overturned glasses, the broken alcohol bottles, and the alcohol on the carpet that the forensics team was extracting . Chen Shi glanced at the wine-rack and said, “The deceased seems to prefer brandy . There are several brands here that are common in the market, but they drank a top-shelf bottle of vodka . It seemed as though he knew the killer's preferences, and intended to please them . . . No, vodka is so strong, who would drink that during the day? Besides, it was a woman as well . ”
Peng Sijue picked up a glass and examined the residue on the inside . “It should be vodka that was mixed with juice . Vodka has a slight smell, but it has a high alcohol percentage, so it’s easy to get drunk off of it . ”
Chen Shi picked up a broken glass and smelled it . “The deceased drank brandy . . . There’s a smell of medicine in it . It should be the place where he was poisoned . The victim wanted to make the killer drunk with vodka, but the killer directly poisoned him with his cup . ” Chen Shi looked at the bedroom door . “So, the murderer used beauty to win the trust of the victim . A single man in their fifties would be easily scammed! Old Peng, did you find the murder weapon yet?”
“The set of knives in the kitchen was a complete set . There weren’t any that were lost . There was no human blood on them either . The knife should have been brought by the murderer and taken away after the deed was done . ”
Chen Shi muttered, “The killer had a clear goal . They brought poison and a knife just to kill the victim . . . ” He walked around the house and found that the traces left by the killer were mainly in the living room . The victim struggled and broke the glasses, and then the murderer stepped on the juice and alcohol, leaving shoe prints on the ground . A size 34 shoe print .
Chen Shi knew that Peng Sijue would have checked everything very carefully . He only checked the places they hadn’t checked yet and found an unexpected trace . There was the aroma of brandy on the door handle .
He called out to Peng Sijue . After alcohol and water evaporated, there were only a few fragrant components left . Peng Sijue had no equipment for direct analysis on hand . He could only rely on smelling it . He sniffed around the door a few times and said, “It’s only on the handle . Did the murderer leave it behind when they left?”
Chen Shi expressed skepticism towards this speculation . “Brandy evaporates quickly on the hand . The deceased struggled for a very long time . The alcohol on the murderer’s hand wouldn’t have lasted that long . ”
“Do you want to say that the murderer opened the door during the murder?”
“Yes, but why . . . ” Chen Shi pondered for a long time and smiled . “Is it possible that the murder was done by two people instead?”
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